Today in Beatles History: August 13

** The following events in Beatles history all took place on August 13. **

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Beatles * [J] John * [P] Paul * [G] George * [R] Ringo * [O] Other
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1961
The Beatles perform at the Casbah Coffee Club, West Derby,
Liverpool.

1962
The Beatles perform at the ****rn Club at lunchtime, and that night
they perform at the Majestic Ballroom, Crewe, Cheshire.

1963
The Beatles perform two shows at the Odeon Cinema in Llandudno,
Caernarvonshire.

1963
The Beatles' Parlophone EP "Twist and Shout" reaches sales of
250,000 copies, making it the first EP to earn a silver disc.

1965
US release of Beatles soundtrack LP "Help!" (Capitol). Songs:
"Help!", "The Night Before", "You've Got to Hide Your Love Away",
"I Need You", "Another Girl", "Ticket to Ride", and "You're Gonna
Lose That Girl". The remainder of the album is filled with
orchestral instrumentals from the movie soundtrack. 44 weeks on
Billboard chart; highest position #1. [Note: On re-releases, the
song "You're Gonna Lose That Girl" is listed as "You're Going to
Lose That Girl". "The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia" by Bill Harry
states that the song "is often wrongly called 'You're Gonna Lose
That Girl'"; however, the song's title is clearly listed using the
word "Gonna" on my original 1965 US "Help!" LP (on both the album
cover and the record label).]

1965
The Beatles arrive at Kennedy International Airport for a tour of
North America. The support acts for the tour are Brenda Holloway &
The King Curtis Band, Cannibal & the Headhunters, and Sounds
Incorporated. The Beatles' song list for the tour is "Twist and
Shout", "She's a Woman", "I Feel Fine", "Dizzy Miss Lizzie",
"Ticket to Ride", "Everybody's Trying to Be My Baby", "Can't Buy Me
Love", "Baby's in Black", "Act Naturally", "A Hard Day's Night",
"Help!", and "I'm Down" ("I Wanna Be Your Man" is occasionally
substituted for "Act Naturally"). The tour will not be a happy one
for The Beatles, whose safety requires that their arrival,
performance, and departure from concert locations be conducted like
military operations. Press conferences become an ordeal as The
Beatles are forced to answer a barrage of inane questions. As the
interaction with their audiences becomes almost completely severed,
The Beatles' playing will suffer terribly, to the point where they
no longer rehearse. Frustrated at the absur***y of it all, John
begins screaming off-microphone obscenities at the audiences. Yet
the public remains oblivious to the discontent of the
not-so-happy-go-lucky "Fab Four". When the tour is over, The
Beatles will go home one million dollars richer, but they will be
completely disillusioned about performing live. They veto Brian
Epstein's suggestions for a fall tour of Britain, a return to the
Royal Variety Show, and a third Christmas show. Epstein is later
able to persuade The Beatles to tour the UK, but it will be a short
one. [Note: the song "Dizzy Miss Lizzie" is often spelled "Dizzy
Miss Lizzy".]

1966
The Beatles perform two shows at Olympia Stadium in Detroit,
Michigan, during their final American tour.

1966
The Beatles' LP "Revolver" is #1 in the UK charts.

1968
The Beatles in the recording studio (Studio Two, EMI Studios,
London). The Beatles set about making a second re-make of "***y
Sadie". Eight takes are recorded, followed by four reduction
mixdowns. Then recording begins for "Yer Blues" (14 takes,
followed by reduction mixdowns for takes 15-17). The finished song
is an e*** of takes 16 and 17--the beginning of take 17 is spliced
onto the end of take 16. The splice occurs 3 mins 17 secs into the
song.

[P] 1971
UK release of Paul and Linda McCartney single "Back Seat of My
Car/Heart of the Country" (Apple).



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